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(No Model.)

J. W. POST. UPBRA'HNG DEVICE POR THE WINDGWS 0F RAILWAY GARS.. No. 369,298.

Patented Aug. 80,1887.

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NTTED STATES PATENT trice@ JOI-IN IV. POST, OF NEW YORK,'N. Y.

OPERATING DEVICE FOR THE WINDOWS OF RAILWAY-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent. NO. 369,298, dated August 30, 1887.

Application filed November 5A, 1886. Serial No. M9398. (No model.)

To all whom it' may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JOHN W'. POST, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of New York, iu the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Operating Devices for the IWindows of Railway-Cars, and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appcrtains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and iigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specication.

This invention relates to devices to be einployed for the purpose of closing and locking the windows of railway-cars. On lines of railways passing through tunnels it becomes necessary te close and keep closed until the tunnel is passed all the windows of a car, to prevent the ingress of smoke and cinders. In order to do this with the cars now in general use it is common for a brakeman or other employe to pass through each car, close the open windows, and inform the passengers that the train is approaching a tunnel, and that the windows should not be opened until it is passed; but even with this notication many persons, regardless of the comfort of the other passengers, will reopen the window. It therefore becomes advisable under such circumstances to not only close the windows, but to have means provided for locking them in that position, so that it will be impossible for the passengers to open them until in the opinion of the conductor or other person in charge of the car it is advisable to do so. Again, it sometimes happens that selfish persons will insist upon keeping a window open utterly regardless of the health or comfort of the passengers occupying the seats behind them and who receive the full force of the blast entering the open window, together with its usual accompaniment of cinders, directly in their faces, to the great danger of injury to their eyes and lungs,while the evil-doer is enjoying a gentle breeze. It therefore becomes desirable to provide means by which the suffering parties may close the offending window without the permission ofthe party who occupies the adjacent seat.

The object el' this invention is,v therefore, first, to provide means by which all the windows maybe closed and locked from either end of the car; secondly, to afford the passengers facilities for closing open windows at a distance therefrom when they find themselves incommoded by their being purposely kept open, either by vicious or careless passengers; and these objects I accomplish by providing each window with a movable side casing connected with a longitudinal shaft extending nearly the whole length ofthe car,and a similar shaft for operating the window-locking devices, all constructed and arranged in the manner hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis an interior view of one side of a car provided with my improved windowoperating devices. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 1l l of Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a similar section ou line 2 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 shows a part of a side of the car with its interior covering removed to illustrate the operation of the window closing and locking devices.

In constructing a car provided with my iinproved window closing and locking applianees, the side of the car A is allowed to pro- `iect inward, as at A, to form a covering or casing for the shafts B and O, which extend horizontally nearly the whole length of the car 'over the windows. These shafts each have a sliding endwise movement in the brackets a and b, by which they are carried. The shaft B is provided with aseries ofcollars, c c', placed nearly in line with the side casing of eachwindow. This casing I) on that side of the window adjacent to the collars on the shaft B is made movable, being pivoted at b, so that when its upper end is moved in one direction by the collars upon shaftB its lower end moves in the opposite direction.

In order to allow the casing to be acted upon by the collars c', its upper end above the pivot b is bent inward toward the middle of the car,

so as to bring its upper end in line with shaft B, and this upper end is either bifurcatedvor has a hole formed through it of sufficient size to allow the shaft to pass easily.

A series of holes, c c, are formed in the casing D for the reception of the bolt c of the' window-lock E, which bolt, when the piece D is in its normal position, enters either 0f the holes c, as may be desired, thc functions of this part of the easing when in its normal posit-ion being the same as in the ordinary casing; but when it is desired to close the windows on either side of the ear, one or more of them being open, the brakeman or other person takes hold of the hand-lever F, and by'a movement in the proper'direction gives to the shaft B (with which the upper end of the lever is connected) an endwisc movement, by which means the collars ciJ a upon the shaft are brought in contact with the upper end of each of the side pieces, D, oscillating them upon their pivots and causing their lower end to swing away from the window, thus releasing the bolt c', so that all open windows at once fall into the closed position. When the hand-lever is released, the spiral spring cl, bearing against the pieces D, returns them to their proper po` sition.

When it is desired to close but one window, it may be done by means of the lever G, pivoted at the rear side of the window it is intended to act upon. These levers G are connected at their upper ends with a rock-shaft, e, carrying an arm, e, the ends of which rest in contact with the piece D, above its pivot. From this construction it is apparent that if the lower end of the lever G is swung to the rear, the arm e', bearing against the upper part of the piece D, will force it over, causingits lower 'end to release the bolt of the adjacent window and allow the latter to close. By placing one of these devices between each pair of windows it will be seen that the party occupying the seat in rea-r of another may close the window of the seat in front of him without difficulty.

In order to lock all the windows on one side of a car simultaneously, each window-frame is provided with a notch, n, to receive the projeeting' toe of a stop-lever, II, pivoted at i to the side of the car and having its upper end connected with the shaft C. This shaft is connected to a hand-lever, I, pivoted to the side of the car, and, like the lever F, extending downward into a suitable position to be readily grasped by an operator, who, by moving the lever, gives to the shaft C an endwise movement, causing the collars o thereon to bear against the upper end of the stop-levers and force the toes upon their lower ends'into the' notches a of the window-frames, thus locking them securely in a closed position.

Spring d may be placed behind the stoplevers'to hold them out of engagement with the window-frameaexcept when it is desired to securely lock them in a closed position, as in passing through a tunnel 3 and any suitable locking devices may be applied to the handlevers F and I to retain them in the desired position and prevent them from being operated accidentally or purposely by the passenersb g I am aware that sash-fastening devices have been invented in which the sash was retained in any desired position by swinging springoperated stop-levers, and that a movable notched side bar placed at one side of the sash and adapted to receive a supporting-pin attached to said sash for the purpose of entering one of the notches of said side bar has been used. I donot, therefore, broadly claim such stops or notched side bars, but limit my claims to the perforated side bars placed in 'line with the sash and receiving in its perforations a movable catch-pin attached to said sash and the mechanism for operating these supporting and locking devices in a railway passenger-car.

Having thus described my invention,I claim as new, and desire the following:

1. In a passenger-car, the pivoted and perforated longitudinally-swinging side piece, in combination with the window and its movable locking-bolt arranged to enter one of the series of holes in the pivoted side pieces and lock the window, substantially as described.

to secure by Letters Patent,

2. In a passenger-car, the combination of 9o the windows and their locking-bolts, the longitudinally-swinging pivotedand perforated side pieces tothe window-frames, engaging with said bolts, and the longitudinally-movable shaft B, having collars c thereon, adapted to move all the swinging side pieces upon one side of the car for the purpose of unlocking all the windows upon that side simultaneously, substantially as set forth.-

3. In a passenger-ear, the combinatiomwith the windows and their lockingbolts, of the longitudinally-swinging side pieces engaging with said locking-bolts, the spring d', acting upon said side pieces, the shaft B, provided with collars a', and the pivoted hand-lever F, arranged to operate said shaft and swing the side pieces for the purpose of unlocking all the Windows upon one side of the car simultaneously, substantially as set forth.

4. In a passenger-car, the combination of a window and its locking-bolt with a swinging and perforated side piece, D, its perforations .engaging with said bolt, a hand-lever, G, and rock-shaft e, having an arm, e', projecting from said rock-shaft, adapted to bear upon and swing said side piece to unlock a single window of the car independently of the other, as set forth. y

5. In a passenger-car, the combination,with a window having a notch, as a, in its sash, of a pivoted spring-pressed swinging stop provided at its lower end with a toe orprojeetion for entering said notch, and a longitudinallymoving shaft, C, provided with a collar, as o, to act upon said swinging stop when the shaft is moved in one direction and lock the window, substantially as set forth.

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means oflocking Saidwndowssimultaneously, other to receive the toe of the stop-lever, all substantially as shown and described. arranged, as shown and described, to lock and 7. In a passenger-ear, the perforated swingunlock the windows upon one side of the oar ing side pieces and swinging stop-levers pivsimultaneously.

5 oted between the inner and outer sides of the In testimony whereof I afx my signature in car and the longitudinally-moving shafts for presence of two witnesses. operating said side pieces and stop-levers, in JOHN XV. POST. combination with a window sash having a lWitnesses:

'spring-bolt upon one side to enter the perfo- M. T. E. CHANDLER, 1o rations of the Side pieces and a notch uponthe M. A. BALLINGER. 

